[Community_garden] Sacramento - Front Yard Veggie Gardens

[Mike McGrath]

yes; great job!
                                ---Mike McG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Lambert" <grower at flash.net>
To: "ACGA Listserv" <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Sacramento - Front Yard Veggie Gardens


> Wow!  This is a great story to tell far and wide.  I can't wait to
> forward this to some of the folks in our city hall.  Congratulations to
> Bill and your team.
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> Don Lambert
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> sacgc at ulink.net wrote:
>> someone please post this to the ACGA list serve for me.. as i cant access
>> it thru this server
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>> Sacramento's - Front yard ordinance NOW includes vegetables !
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>> last night the city council approved 8-1 our grass roots effort to revise
>> the front yard landscape code from 1941 that only allowed turf and low
>> growing ground cover
>> it now allows vegetables in the front yard (without any restrictions -
>> they orig. wanted to limit veggies to 30% of the front yard)
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>> this final approval was a 3 year effort to get this passed !
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>> in the hours before the vote....
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>> a local talk-radio show hosted a 1 hour segment on the code 2 hours
>> before the hearing,
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>> green arm bands were worn by 75 supporters that packed the meeting room,
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>> our group made an 8 minute powerpoint presentation to the council and had
>> supplied a large packet of information last week to the council
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>> a number of residents spoke on the item and
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>> 2 kids came in a tomato and a carrot costume (from our local food co-op)
>> and addressed the council...
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>> the carrot testified that the council needed to eat more of him to
>> improve their vision :) on the code...
>> and the tomato joked about how the city was nicknamed after a 
>> "Sac-of-tomatoes"
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>> it was a great night.. one we deserved after such a long fight !  WE DID 
>> IT !
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>> "Be the Change!"
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>> bill maynard
>> sacgc at ulink.net
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